Boy howdy, this summer has been hot.  All the more reason to head back to the mountains of Breckenridge to cool off and have a snowball fight in August.

You might notice a new addition to the group.  That would be Abby’s super-special friend, Micah.

Yes the Blue River was cold, but ooooh so worth it.

Here Micah and Blake are making funny faces.

A brief but fun trek to one of my favorite little hiking spots in the world.

Another year, another bunch of kids getting run over by cattle.  Ain’t country life grand?

Friends from England, on their year-long tour of the world, stopped into Gardner for a few days. As we do with everyone that comes into town, we threw them a party. In return they graced us with a wonderful little Beatles concert!

Their journey over the past year is a fascinating one. You can find out more at beatnikbeatles.com.

It’s true, time flies by.  We attempted a repeat of Blake’s birthday party at the annual balloon festival, but the weather wasn’t cooperating.  No worries, his Newton cousins came to hang out, which he loved (thanks Maddox for the DS).

The next day the sun came out and gave Blake an opportunity to play with one of his presents.

But one of his favorite presents was that of a beta fish (after the initial gold fish gave up the fish ghost before it was even gifted).  Here he is giving it a kiss.  And as is typical in the Sawyer household, his little brother tries to eat it.

We’ve had some crazy weather this spring, and like much of the rest of the country, we’ve had tornadoes come through town.  Thankfully we were spared the destruction that normally follows… but late nights dragging sleeping children to the unfinished basement isn’t much fun.

Tis also the season for graduations.  Here we are in Lawrence (with a great view of the field) celebrating two cousins entering the “real” world.  Congrats Emmy and Cooper!